Specifications

Specifications include,
but are not limited to:. The City of Gresham
intends to update the geoprocessing models and
development code language related to its
existing Habitat Conservation Area Overlay
(HCA), Environmentally Sensitive Restoration
Area-Pleasant Valley Land Use District
(ESRA-PV), and Environmentally Sensitive
Resource Area-Springwater Land Use District
(ESRA-SW). The City is also in the midst of
working with FEMA and STARR on updating the
Citys regulatory flood maps and anticipates the
need for minor Floodplain (FP) Overlay language
changes for the new maps. The City also wishes
to update the FP code language more
substantially to reflect newer state and federal
guidelines intended to ensure Endangered Species
Act considerations are included in floodplain
management decisions. The City is therefore
requesting proposals from qualified land use
planning and natural resources firms/teams with
the relevant expertise to comprehensively review
existing challenges with each of these four
sections of development code (FP, HCA, ESRA-PV,
and ESRA-SW), to update and simplify these
sections of existing development code language,
and to increase consistency among the HCA,
ESRA-PV, and ESRA-SW code sections. Review of
inputs to the three separate geoprocessing
models supporting the HCA, ESRA-PV, and ESRA-SW
maps that support these regulations will be
necessary (no floodplain modeling will be
needed). A minimum amount of field data
collection may be needed to ensure adequate
defensible field data is on file to support the
geoprocessing model inputs. The goal in updating
the geoprocessing models is to increase their
accuracy by incorporating newer, more accurate
resource mapping data. The City also wishes to
make the model inputs more easily understood by
planning map users, and to explore potential
areas of increased consistency between the
varied geoprocessing models which were created
by different teams at different times, using
different model inputs. The City is not looking
to significantly alter the degree of resource
protection currently provided. Assessment of and
proposed alterations to the existing
geoprocessing models will be coordinated with
and supported by Gresham GIS staff. The revised
regulations must be easily implementable, must
effectively integrate with existing Gresham
development regulations, and support
implementation of the C i t y s C o m p r e h e
n s i v e P l a n . The resulting regulations
will represent a more efficient method of
compliance with Oregons Statewide Planning Goals
5, 6, and 7 , a n d M e t r o s U r b a n G r o
w t h M a n a g e m e n t F u n c t i o n a l P
l a n T i t l e s 3 a n d 1 3 . The c o n s u l
t a n t s efforts will include support of the
public involvement process as well3 RFP 16-33
as activities necessary to gain approval by the
City of Gresham Planning Commission and adoption
by the Gresham City Council. The desired time
for completion of the revisions, including
approval by the Gresham Planning Commission and
adoption by City Council is Summer/early Fall 2017